Illinois has fired athletic director Mike Thomas, with UI interim chancellor Barbara Wilson naming senior associate athletic director Paul Kowalczyk as interim AD effective immediately.
Here's some of the reaction happening across Twitter after Monday morning's announcement with more to come ...
DETAILS: Illinois AD fired. https://t.co/IiUhRG9xMG pic.twitter.com/7JMUjgrPn6
— IlliniHQ (@IlliniHQ) November 9, 2015
Mike Thomas is the same AD who hired Brian Kelly and Butch Jones at Cincinnati. How he whiffed so spectacularly at Illinois is bizarre.
— Brian Bennett (@BennettESPN) November 9, 2015
Mike Thomas and Tim Beckman are both trending nationally.